JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. J.C Lalnungsanga, learned counsel appearing for the appellant as well as Mr. C. Zoramchhana, learned Public Prosecutor, Mizoram. The appellant has challenged the impugned Judgment & Order dated 26.04.2018 and the sentence order dated 17.05.2018 passed by the Special Court, POCSO Act, Lunglei in Crl.Tr. No. 158 of 2016, by which the appellant is convicted under section 376(2)(f)(i)(n) Indian Penal Code read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012 on 26.04.2018 and sentenced to undergo 10 years Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs.1000/-, in default S.I. for 1 month, vide Sentence Order dated 17.05.2018 and in Crl. Tr. No. 159 of 2016 wherein the accused was found guilty and convicted under section 376(2)(i)/506 IPC read with section 4 of POCSO Act on 26.04.2018 and sentenced to undergo 10 years Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs.1000/-, in default S.I. for 1 month, vide Sentence Order dated 17.05.2018. This court find it fit to club together both the cases in hearing the appeal wherein the nature of the offence is of the same kind and wherein both the incidents took place well within the period of one year, this is, in fact, an appropriate case for the tria